8 Ave Snack Shop

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 21, 2018
• address249 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is 8 Ave Snack Shop clean?

8 Ave Snack Shop is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on December 21, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at 8 Ave Snack Shop?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • NO PROCEDURE FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP ON SITE AT TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED UNFINISHED WOOD IN MAIN STORE AREA ON COUNTERS. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE NOT LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE.

When was 8 Ave Snack Shop last inspected?

8 Ave Snack Shop has 1 inspection on record going back to December 21, 2018.

8 Ave Snack Shop vs Armour Square

Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 21, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.